RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT TO THE GOVERNMENT SERVICES CENTER LEASE AGREEMENT
WITH ST. LOUIS COUNTY FOR PARKING BEHIND GOVERNMENT SERVICES CENTER
IN THE AMOUNT OF $130 PER MONTH.

BY
COUNCILOR LITTLE:

RESOLVED, that
the proper city officials are authorized to enter into an amendment to
the existing lease agreement, a copy of which amendment is on file in
the office of the city clerk as Public Document No. __________; St. Louis
County to add to said lease the leasing of the parking spaces between
the Government Services Center and Second Alley in the amount of $130
per month, payable from General Fund 0100-200-1610-5412 and Fleet Services
Fund 0660-015-1560-5412.

STATEMENT
OF PURPOSE: The purpose of this resolution is to authorize
an amendment to the city's agreement for use of the Government Services
Center property to include parking along the alley.

The
city entered into a long term lease with the state of Minnesota, the original
owner of the building at the time of its construction pursuant to which
the city paid a one-time capital lease payment towards the construction
cost of the building and received in turn a 50 year lease on the police
parking garage and police parking storage area in the parking ramp. When
the building was constructed, it was set back from the alley line a distance
of six to eight feet and the police department has historically used that
space for temporary parking of vehicles involved on department business;
the space accommodates about nine vehicles. However it was not technically
shown as part of the leased premises in the lease.

After
the county bought the building from the state, they revisited this issue
and informed the city that, in order to continue using the space, the
city would have to lease it and pay for it. This resolution authorizes
an amendment to the base lease which would add this property to the lease
in consideration of a payment of $130 per month. The county requires,
however, that they retain the right to increase the cost of the lease
in conformance with their lease rates to other tenants and also that they
have the unilateral right to terminate this portion of the lease without
cause on 60 days notice.